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Love to be beside the seaside? Then you won't be disappointed in the destinations that appear in darker colours on the map below – they boast the longest coastlines in the world.

Canada has the most coast of all - a staggering 202,080 kilometres, according to the CIA World Factbook - though the chilly waters mean it's far from ideal for beachgoers. Ditto Greenland and Russia, numbers three and four, respectively.

A far better bet would be Indonesia, with its 54,716km of seaside (it has 18,307 islands, so its high ranking is hardly a surprise); The Philippines, fifth overall, with 36,289km; Japan, sixth with 29,751km; Australia, seventh with 25,760km; and Norway, eighth, with 25,148km (yes it...

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